Martha Marcy May Marlene

Not only because the title includes my first name am I championing this new film but look at the film's lead! She is beyond stunning and charismatic in the film's trailer that I re-watched yesterday in my marathon trailer viewings!

Here is the latest reason why, Elizabeth Olsen, in The Row, absolutely gorgeous and sporting a look from her sisters' fashion line. Sisters, fashion and movies are some of my absolute favourite things!

I am so excited to see Elizabeth perform in in this movie!

There is something just so sweet about her smile! (Huffingtonpost.com)

Being Productive...

Being productive is like working out... you delay delay delay as much as you can but when you finally get around to it you feel so much better.

There are several things on my 'honey do' list .. the honey in this instance is my productive alter ego. Tomorrow I work 7-4, so an early night is required but I am going to do at least one productive thing on my list.

I'll leave you with this great photo I stumbled upon that is quite a clever ad that really speaks to my current mood...

Buns and Things

I just wanted to put this video out there, because the bun look is something that I am totally taking ownership of living in the city. With the amount of hair I have, travelling on the, oft sweltering and always encapsulated, tube can cause any number of problems.
- Overheating is number one. A list, I know, but, I am serious my hair runs amok and is an entity in its own right...
- The frizz factor. I am glad that some people are embracing this whole east london scruff thing, but I am trying not to concede.
- Lipstick, lipgloss, lip balm, no matter what is is lip product in addition to my face creates a magnetic pull only my hair can answer (happily just my hair so far...) I am not taking about a straggling strand gently attaching itself, I mean one wrong tilt of the head and a curtain slaps onto my freshly moistened lips for ride. This is maliciously encouraged by my mode of transport... a train from either direction does the trick.
- Overall, it is simply mayhem, the approaching trains catch my hair in a very unsexy, malicious windswept fashion, smothering nearby travellers and/ or suffocating me in the process.


Alright, this may have been a bit overzealous, but I have a serious relationship with my hair. I have finally gotten to a place where I no longer have a triangular nest perched atop my head, accenting the lack of definition of my rounded pre-teen jawline. Nor, have I recently bleached my hair with peroxide at an elementary school sleepover, and no, I am not pulling out the braided pigtail wrapped into my very own Princess Leia motif either. This particular post was to simply share my newfound love of the bun! I spent most of my teens with a freshly cleaned, sopping wet, head of hair yanked straight back, parallel with my ears, into a bun. In an attempt to re-create what I thought was the quintessential early 2000s 'messy bun' of rural Prince Edward Island. Lets just say this did not promote the drying process and this tightly wound ball would remain partially damp until I removed it in the evening- lovely, I know.


I could go on and on about this topic, I am sure that i could write a book about the saga of my hair... I may share a few more stories later, one involves a near death experience, but, today is all about the bun. Its necessity, and my newfound appreciation and more adult interpretation of it. 


Back to my original point, here are some screen caps from a Coco & Lowe video, they're Toronto-based bloggers that I just came across today (The Toronto factor also made me a little nostalgic as well, having gone to University there). 

This is my next hair 'to do'.

This is a SERIOUS bun, no messing around, they make a pantyhose doughnut stuffed with sock.

Finally, try this Enormous Bun! I plan on it.

Tuesday News Day

Tuesday started off a little rocky, I had a terrible sleep and got started a little later than planned.

But then I was off to Regent Street to drop off a bunch of CVs which went alright but I don't know if I will be getting any calls- it seemed most stores I was interested in were not looking to hire, sadly. Though I did get to have a great chat with a display girl from Anthropologie- it made me really want a job even more. Working with clothes, displays and merch would be great to have and then an internship on top of it all.
I am hoping sooner rather than later as my besties arrive in just over two weeks. woo woo - but I am broke as a joke so it is a bit stressful.

Currently, I am watching the, so far, boringly acted story of The Kennedy's. Hoping it will soon improve as I am quite enamoured with the time period and the whole idea of the Kennedy family.

Tomorrow I am going to call up some contacts that I received last week for magazines and see if there is anything open at their publication and how to go about doing it. I am going to follow through with their advice and then I am off to drop off more resumes/ CVs and get some groceries.

All the best-

Wednesday Date

Wednesday started off a little later than planned as I could hardly drag my buns out of bed- but once I did I got several new applications completed and then hopped on the overground to go see Sandy for a coffee on Brick Lane!

It was a great time. Lots of chatting was had, we stayed until it was closing time and then ran across the way for some take home sushi, that we hurriedly devoured upon arriving back at her flat..Sadly, this still includes the grungiest roommates around- luckily they were not in at the time as they are referred to as 'the funk' by both sandy and Josh. A very a propos name I must add as they are beyond smelly and dirty as far as I can tell with my boots still on in their living room, because there is no way either of us is placing a sock- let alone bare foot in any common living space.

After a lovely evening of sharing interests and anecdotes Sandy walked me to the nearest station and we said farewell. Although I had planned to be back in my hood in time to get groceries- this was not the case so I scrambled back from the station in a bit too much darkness for my liking and greeted Alexia and Phil who were having their usual Wednesday romp and dine.

I retired to my quarters sent off a few more e-mails and then was about to complete my final bedtime rituals when I swung my feet off the bed and in my periphery do I not spot The Largest black spider I have ever seen in real life. I smashed it continuously only for it to slowly unfurl before I suffocated it with tissue from the box I have been bludgeoning it with. I ran up the stairs with its carcass and flushed it, twice for good measure, and then had so much adrenaline flowing I could hardly fall asleep!

Usually, I am not squeamish about bugs and arachnids alike but this one had real personality and just made me think how many of these babies are cruisin' around my new abode.... nnnasty

Undoubtedly, today I am up late- but to a sunny, gorgeous day in London, and I have yet to decide what I will do with it!

Clear skies and clear minds- off for an adventure!

Tuesday Love

Today's joy was the conversation I had with my sister Lizard!
It went on and on that's for the lateness

She is checking in with me tomorrow so we can go back and forth about what we accomplished.

My plan:
Créma Coffee for 9 am with my laptop (and cord) and applications for jobs

Groceries: make list prior to

Afternoon hang with Sandy and/or celebrate Kat's last day of class.

Mama Love

Spoke to my mom after a long day of searching jobs on the web and hanging around the house - which was a bit disheartening as I am hard on myself it seems.

The new plan is to e-mail her everyday with one thing that brought me joy,  one thing that made me happy. I am also going to share these findings here accompanied by a photograph if I have one to share.

Today will be my first instalment. Not sure what it will be yet but I will have it posted by the end of the day.